Who’s ready for a little EEEEVIL? Well, you’re in luck, because Mercury Geniuses of Comedy, Arlo Weierhauser and Kate Murphy, are your hosts for the most diabolical, hilarious, and EVIL live game show in town… TWO EVILS! Join Arlo and Kate as they ask a series of truly evil questions, and it’s up to our […]
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FREE TICKETS THURSDAY: Win Free Tix to See Comedy from Tom Arnold and “Two Evils with Arlo & Kate”!
Who’s ready to have some fun? Well, the Mercury is here to help with FREE TICKETS to see some of Portland’s best concerts and events—our way of saying thanks to our great readers and spread the word about some fantastic upcoming performances! (Psst… if you want to say thanks to the Mercury, please consider making […]
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You Don’t Have to Be Drunk to Love Drunk Herstory
Creator and host Shandi Evans says the comedy drag night’s first sober storyteller told “hands down the most insane story we’ve ever done.”
What do you get when you cross drag queens, queer history, and lots of alcohol? No, not a drama-filled post-Rusical episode of Untucked. In Portland, you get Drunk Herstory. Drunk Herstory is the brainchild of Shandi Evans, who created the event with fellow drag queen Average Lavigne just before COVID hit. Since making their post-pandemic return, […]
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Watch the Hilarious TWO EVILS Game Show in Action (and Get Your Tix for the July 6 Show)!
It’s a special guest comedian against the audience (who vote on their phones) in a battle of good vs. evil for PRIZES!
Who’s ready for a little EEEEVIL? Well, you’re in luck, because Mercury Geniuses of Comedy, Arlo Weierhauser and Kate Murphy, are your hosts for the most diabolical, hilarious, and EVIL live game show in town… TWO EVILS! Join Arlo and Kate as they ask a series of truly evil questions, and it’s up to our […]
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Don’t Miss the Next Hilarious Edition of “TWO EVILS with Arlo & Kate”! (Special Guest: Shain Brenden!)
It’s the audience (who votes on their phones) against our guest comedian in a fun battle of good vs. evil!
Who’s ready for a little EEEEVIL? Well, you’re in luck, because Mercury Geniuses of Comedy, Arlo Weierhauser and Kate Murphy, are your hosts for the most diabolical, hilarious, and EVIL live game show in town… TWO EVILS! Join Arlo and Kate as they ask a series of truly evil questions, and it’s up to our […]
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An Oral History of LMAO Comedy Parody Road House: The Play!
An interview with the two hilarious women who wrote it—Shelley McLendon and Courtenay Hameister.
Road House: The Play! is staged on a semi-annual basis, and it always sells out its run. But with the advent of a Road House movie remake (Jake Gyllenhaal is attached) one could be concerned that the Siren Theater may not be able to stage the parody work much longer. For posterity’s sake, the Mercury sought out the playwrights to get an idea of Road House: The Play’s unusual beginnings and unknown future.
Between Road House: The Play’s 30 scene changes and unforgettable songs, like “Tai Chi Pants,” the parody play surrounds the audience in a cacophony of fourth-wall-breaking satire that skewers ego-driven honor, violence, and what people in the ’80s thought was sex. It both is and is not the 1989 Road House.
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TONIGHT! Get Your Tix for the Hilarious “TWO EVILS” Comedy Game Show Before It Sells Out! 🏃♀️
It’s audience vs. a special guest comedian in a devilishly fun game of good vs. evil!
Who’s ready for a little EEEEVIL? Well, you’re in luck, because Mercury Geniuses of Comedy, Arlo Weierhauser and Kate Murphy, are your hosts for the most diabolical, hilarious, and EVIL live game show in town… TWO EVILS! And it’s all going down TONIGHT at 7:30 pm! Join Arlo and Kate as they ask a series […]
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Win TWO FREE TICKETS to See the Hilarious “Two Evils” Game Show This Thursday! 👹😂
Who’s ready for a little EEEEVIL? Well, you’re in luck, because Mercury Geniuses of Comedy, Arlo Weierhauser and Kate Murphy, are your hosts for the most diabolical, hilarious, and EVIL live game show in town… TWO EVILS! (This Thursday, June 1!) Join Arlo and Kate as they ask a series of truly evil questions, and […]
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This Thursday! It’s the Devilish Fun of “Two Evils with Arlo & Kate!” (Special Guest: Nariko Ott!)
It’s audience vs. a special guest comedian in a devilishly fun game of good vs. evil!
Who’s ready for a little EEEEVIL? Well, you’re in luck, because Mercury Geniuses of Comedy, Arlo Weierhauser and Kate Murphy, are your hosts for the most diabolical, hilarious, and EVIL live game show in town… TWO EVILS! Join Arlo and Kate as they ask a series of truly evil questions, and it’s up to our […]
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Kickstand Announces Comedy in the Park 2023, New Brick and Mortar Location
The Portland comedy nonprofit hopes to parlay love for their free weekly park events into fundraising a permanent indoor space for the fall.
It’s fucking beautiful out today—would be a good day to have Comedy in the Park, right? Well, there’s less than a month until Portlanders get to do just that. Local nonprofit Kickstand Comedy announced Friday that the third year of the Laurelhurst Park comedy pop-up—which they began during the pandemic—kicks off on June 23 and […]
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Want Some Devilish Fun? Don’t Miss Thursday’s “TWO EVILS” Live Comedy Game Show!
It’s audience vs. a special guest comedian in a devilishly fun game of good vs. evil!
Who’s ready for a little EEEEVIL? Well, you’re in luck, because Mercury Geniuses of Comedy, Arlo Weierhauser and Kate Murphy, are your hosts for the most diabolical, hilarious, and EVIL live game show in town… TWO EVILS! Join Arlo and Kate as they ask a series of truly evil questions, and it’s up to our […]
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Comedy Q & A: Dulcé Sloan Raves about Shalewa Sharpe’s Solo Show Don’t Reach in the Bag
Sloan used her Daily Show experience to produce Sharpe’s solo show, and its Portland premiere at Clinton Street Theater.
“I think sometimes when people hear about the show,” comedian Dulcé Sloan tells the Mercury, “they’re like ‘no no no!’” She’s describing a solo comedic theater piece, called Don’t Reach in the Bag, which was written and performed by her fellow stand-up Shalewa Sharpe about working in an adult video store in the late ’90s […]